Antique Paper Color

#f4f0e8

Antique Paper is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #0b0f17
Complementary Color #e8ecf3
Color Shade: orange (40° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 93.33% (better contrasting with black)
Antique Paper Color Sample
Antique Paper Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f4f0e8

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Antique Paper Color. The Adobe White color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Fragile Beauty (#e7d7c6) for more energetic effect. Try Adobe Sand as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e8ecf3 is the best complementary color to Antique Paper. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f4f0e8 complementary color is Catskill White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Spring Wood are #f3eae8 and #f2f3e8. Thus found on the left and right of #f4f0e8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dawn Pink and Spring Wood colors as they work well with Antique Paper.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Antique Paper palette consists of #eae8f3 and #e8f2f3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e8ecf3). Try Whisper and Aqua Haze colors in combination with #f4f0e8, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #f4f0e8 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Antique Paper. Thus Whisper and Aqua Haze giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Antique Paper contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Catskill White, Harp, and Prim split by 90° on the color wheel. #f4f0e8 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Antique Paper tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#e8ecf3) and two others. The Aqua Haze is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Soft Peach – 120° from the complementary Catskill White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e8f3f0 and #f3e8ec.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f4f0e8 is made of 34% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Antique Paper has a hue angle of 40°, a saturation of 35.29% and a lightness of 93.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f4f0e8 is made of 0% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 4.71% yellow and 4.31% black ink.

HEX #f4f0e8
RGB Decimal rgb(244,240,232)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 1.57, 4.71, 4.31
HSL hsl(40,35.29%,93.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40,4.92%,95.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(94.899,-0.0341,4.3226)
XYZ xyz(83.0338,87.3795,88.8335)
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